Q16:15Australian poet and rapper Omar Musa on what fuels his work and the issue of Iggy Azalea Omar Musa is not shy when he speaks of where he came from, a place he refers to as "Struggletown ...

Poetry is characterised by the complex use of language and approaching it can be daunting for anyone. Yet if an Australian Poet Laureateship involved funding an expansive national schools program ...

There is even a distinct name for such poems: panegyrics. He is also of interest because in less than a year’s time – July 2025 – we’ll see the appointment of a new Australian Poet Laureate.

Ern Malley’s Journal appeared in 1952, edited by Barrett Reid, John Reed and Max Harris as “a gesture of faith in this ‘Australian’ poet”. Further editions of The Darkening Ecliptic have ...